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Background

How it all started

The
Ugandan economy needs trained workers to sustain and expand its industries and
contribute to economic growth as a whole. This is a prime requirement for the
reduction of poverty, and the hope of a better future.

Unfortunately there
are not enough appropriate opportunities for Ugandan youth to learn vocational
skills. However private institutions are amongst the most important providers
of vocational training. Currently around 45% of all vocational training
available in Uganda
is provided by such private institutions.

However,
the private institutions face many problems. There are widely differing
standards, poor administration, and insufficient communication between the
training institutions. As a result, the institutions have failed to gain
recognition by the government, or by the people who should be benefiting from
them. As the majority of Ugandans are too poor to pay the school fees, access
remains difficult and the institutions themselves can only finance themselves
with difficulty.

The
Uganda Association of Private Vocational Institutions (UGAPRIVI) was formed to
improve the quality and the image of private vocational institutions, and to
strengthen this educational sector as a whole.

Its
main aim is to foster collaboration between private training institutions
throughout the country and to improve, not just the standards of the training
provided, but also its relevance for the actual employment market. UGAPRIVI
acts thereby as a mediator and an interface between its members, the private
sector, the government and its development partners

I commend UGAPRIVI for this website bse it educates people about what vocational education is and the training providers. However, new institutions keep on being established and even registered by the Ministry of Education and Sports. Why done you list all of them and their locations and only provide details of those who are registered members?
Thanks.
Ocaka Gabriel.